A Welcome Sheet and Glorious Promise
Bro. W. H. Fortune writes from Decatur City, Iowa: "I would say that I feel thankful that I have the privilege of reading the Review. It is a welcome sheet to me for two reasons: first, I believe it advocates the true principles of christianity, so far as I am able to judge. Second, it contains so many cheering sentiments from different brethren and sisters. I feel as though I could say with the poet,
> For Canaan I've started, and on I must go,
> Till all the bright glories of Eden I know;
> I've made no reserve, and I'm sure I'll not lack,
> While onward I journey and do not draw back." "It is my earnest prayer that we may all meet in God's everlasting kingdom, where parting will be no more. Paul says, For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Rom. vi, 5. What a glorious promise is this! If we continue in well-doing we have the promise of being immortalized. This should encourage God's children to press forward, knowing that the wages of righteousness is eternal life, and that that life is soon to come."